Deepest Dive Is Akin Like Climbing M.E. Underwater

Deepest Dive Is Akin Like Climbing Mount Everest Underwater

A Scottish scientist has described her record-setting deep sea dive as the underwater equivalent of climbing Mount Everest.

Heather Stewart from Edinburgh inadvertently set a new world record by being part of the deepest dive ever to be carried out by an all-female-crew.

She completed the feat in the Bakunawa submersible in the South Pacific Ocean with her colleague Kate Wawatai from New Zealand.

The almost 10-hour dive - part of a research trip on 16 April - took them 8,000m under the surface. Everest reaches 9,000m in the opposite direction.

To watch how she and her lady crew team managed to complete the dive, register for the online webinar video session.

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